The Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Makerere University in partnership with Leipzig Universität (Germany) and Inter-Regional University of Industrial Engineering, Biotechnology & Applied Sciences (IRGIB)-Benin is coordinating an online course Bio-Biz: Business Models for Sustainable Use of Biodiversity under the Access to Benefit Sharing (ABSbio) project. In this course participants will learn development of sustainable […]
About 265 refugees were on April 9th 2022, awarded certificates after training in Entrepreneurship and Business management from Makerere University’s College of Business and Management sciences’ (CoBAMS). This training was conducted under the special refugee empowerment project sponsored by Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF), the project aims at integrating refugees into the economic development […]
Edible insects have the potential to fill the nutrition and income gaps in Uganda and Kenya. They are rich in protein and cheaper to manage. However, edible insect value chains are under-developed yet the demand is high. Business enterprises for rearing and processing quality insect food products do not exist and the business potential has […]